Multi-Modal Dosing Control Base for Cartridge Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medicinal delivery devices are often modality-specific, cumbersome, and lack consistent dosage control, leading to inconsistent administration and difficulty in managing multiple devices with different delivery formats.
Innovation Solution
A multi-modal product dosing system with a control base that can engage various cartridges for different delivery modalities, including a cartridge reader, wireless transceiver, lockout deactivator, and controller to manage and track dosages across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple modality-specific devices are used for different delivery formats, then each device can be optimized for its specific modality, but the overall system becomes cumbersome and complex to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The control base is designed as a universal platform that can accept and control multiple types of cartridges with different delivery modalities (vaporization, inhalation, topical application, injection, etc.). The control base includes a cartridge receiver that can accommodate various cartridge types, a cartridge reader that can identify different cartridge types, and a controller that can manage different delivery modalities through a unified interface, thereby eliminating the need for multiple separate devices while maintaining modality-specific optimization
2Measurement precision
If each device has independent dosage control, then each device can be precisely controlled, but consistent dosage management across multiple devices becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges dosage control functionality into a centralized controller within the control base that manages all cartridges. The controller receives cartridge information from the cartridge reader, determines appropriate dosage parameters based on the specific cartridge type and product, and controls the dosing process uniformly across all delivery modalities. This centralized approach ensures consistent dosage management while maintaining the precision needed for each specific modality
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the controller monitors dosing events, tracks usage, and communicates with remote computing devices to verify authorization and adjust dosage parameters. The cartridge reader provides feedback on cartridge identity and status, and the controller uses this information to maintain precise dosage control across different modalities, ensuring consistent administration
3Reliability
If sophisticated smart devices with tracking and authorization are used, then dosage control and tracking are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote computing device as an intermediary that handles complex authorization, tracking, and verification functions. The control base communicates with this external system via wireless transceiver, allowing sophisticated dosage management, user authorization, and usage tracking to be performed remotely rather than requiring all these features to be built into the control base itself. This distributes complexity to an external system while maintaining reliable tracking and authorization
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a system and method for multi-modal dosing of a product. The system provides a control base for coupling to one of a plurality of different cartridges containing product, at least two cartridges having different modalities of delivery—the coupled control base and selected cartridge providing a dosing device. Each cartridge has at least a unique identifier, which may be read by the control base and correlated through a database to confirm that the user is authorized to use the cartridge, and use of the cartridge for a dose of product will not conflict with other products received by the user and known to the system. Cartridges that are not coupled to the control base are non-functional and cannot dispense product as intended with the system. An associated method of use is also provided.